[SOLVED] Can't Boot Linux - No Option To Enable Legacy Boot

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@britechguy @Markverhyden

Not to mention that this process neatly avoids any on disk encryption entanglements... something we're ALL going to be dealing with soon enough.

Yeah, pretty much kills my data recovery service future, I just ask right away if it's ssd upfront.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Yeah, pretty much kills my data recovery service future, I just ask right away if it's ssd upfront.

SSD has nothing to do with what this thread was about though. HDDs on Windows 10 or 11 with EFI, Secure Boot, and TPM will be encrypted too.

 

[nlinecomputers]

SSD has nothing to do with what this thread was about though. HDDs on Windows 10 or 11 with EFI, Secure Boot, and TPM will be encrypted too.

No that’s not correct. SSDs are required for automatic Device Encryption. HDDs are too slow.

 

[Sky-Knight]

No that’s not correct. SSDs are required for automatic Device Encryption. HDDs are too slow.

BitLocker drive encryption in Windows 10 for OEMs

OEMs can configure hardware to support Windows 10 automatic device encryption.

docs.microsoft.com

The device contains a TPM (Trusted Platform Module), either TPM 1.2 or TPM 2.0.
UEFI Secure Boot is enabled. See Secure Boot for more information.
Platform Secure Boot is enabled
Direct memory access (DMA) protection is enabled

These requirements do not denote a drive difference. I point this out because I've seen modern laptops with HDDs be encrypted. Device encryption doesn't impact the performance of NTFS as much as you think it does. And yes, it's vastly more common for compliant machines to be SSD equipped, but they do not have to be!

 

[nlinecomputers]

That's been revised since the last time I have read it. For one thing this document now calls it Bitlocker Device Encryption instead of just Device Encryption. SSDs we're a hardware requirement of Modern Standby. They have changed it.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Gotta love MS documentation...